Originally Posted by
Chandne
I don't see that at all. The bolt is well outside the the stem- partway up it and you can rotate the upper part of the stem up or down and then tighten the bolt.
Maybe it wasn't clear in those photos.
Here's an image of a different stem but the same style, and you can see the bolt that's the problem:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...AC_SL1010_.jpg
I wonder if you could just remove that bolt entirely, use the compression plug in the steerer, and slide this over it and tight the side bolts...